𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 002, 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚

𝔈𝔩𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫

Dae-Hyung woke up laying on someone, Sang-woo to be exact. He woke up first, hearing classical music again as he looked around, waking up Sang-woo on accident. The rest of the team woke up too, Gi-hun looking to the old man as he seemed already awake. "Um, hello." Dae-Hyung spoke, Sang-woo smiling lightly. "Feeling any better?" He asked, Dae-Hyung nodding with a yawn. "Yep." He spoke, his headache dulling down quickly as he felt more energised. His shoulder still hurt like a bitch, though, the boy having to deal with it. It would be a lot worse if he hadn't stitched it and copied what he saw the doctor do to 101. "Hey, old man." Gi-hun nudged 001, Dae-Hyung sitting up and moving away from Sang-woo. "Did you stay up all night?" The man asked, Dae-Hyung watching the old man chuckle.

"I thought they would attack again or something." He reasoned, Dae-Hyung looking to Sang-woo. The man stared at the old man, Dae-Hyung doing the same. "Old man, but you must be so exhausted already." Gi-hun shot back, Dae-Hyung nodding. Even he was exhausted and he had gotten only about five hours of sleep. "It's all right. You don't really need that much sleep when you're old. And I didn't help when they went after everyone, especially him." The old man seemed very upset, everyone looking to Dae-Hyung. Sae-byeok watched the boy move to sit in front of the old man, a hand on his knee. "I'm alright, mister. I sorted it myself." He assured, the old man shaking his head. "Night watch is the least I could do." He spoke, Dae-Hyung nodding. "And you did very good at it!" The boy praised, Gi-hun confused.

'The Blue Danube' played on the speakers, Dae-Hyung sighing. "Attention, players. The third game will begin momentarily. Please follow the staff's instructions and swiftly make your way towards the game hall." Dae-Hyung stood up quickly, as did everyone else when the masked men came in with guns.

"Let me repeat the instructions."

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Dae-Hyung observed the place when he saw a whole white room and nothing else. He walked in front of Sang-woo, the man intending on it. The boy wondered why Sang-woo had gotten so gentle and caring all of a sudden, not that he was complaining. "Players, welcome to the third game. For this game, you will play in teams. All players, please divide yourselves into teams of ten people." The woman announced, mentioning how they have ten minutes to form a team. There was already six people on the team, meaning one person didn't have to pick. "Something that has a team of ten players. Maybe it's Tail Tag or Why Did You Come To My House?" Gi-hun suggested, Dae-Hyung looking over everyone. "Tail Tag means running is involved. Or it might just end up being simply placed on luck." Gi-hun added, Sang-woo sighing.

"What do you think?" Gi-hun urged Sang-woo to talk, Sae-Byeok staying silent as she stood with the team. "Our team already has a girl and an older guy. I'm thinking we better get more men first." He shrugged, Dae-Hyung raising a hand. "What if they make us play the girl games?" He asked, Sae-byeok looking to him silently. She doesn't talk much. "Yeah, girls are good with that-" "That's true, but when it comes down to it, usually men are better." Sang-woo interrupted Gi-hun, Sae-byeok refraining herself from yelling at him. "It's our lives we're betting on right now." Sang-woo added, Dae-Hyung nodding slowly. "He does have a point." He spoke, Sang-woo nodding. "We need four more people. I see that four of us need to bring one guy to join us." Sang-woo informed, Gi-hun nodding. "Okay. Who's not picking-" "Dae-Hyung will stay with me. We'll pick one together."

Everyone looked to Dae-Hyung, him looking to Sang-woo. "I- uh, okay." He shrugged, Sae-byeok nodding and walking away. Sang-woo stopped Ali when everyone walked away, pointing to his hand. "Don't let them see. You'll seem weaker." The man advised, Dae-Hyung looking to see two of Ali's fingers gone. When did that get there- "Come on, Dae." Sang-woo urged, the two scanning everyone for a teammate. "Why do you always choose me all the time?" Dae-Hyung asked, Sang-woo looking to him. "What?" He asked, Dae-Hyung sighing. "You always stay by me. I'm not good at these games-" "You're trying to win this for your grandpa. I'm trying to help you with it." Sang-woo lied, Dae-Hyung looking to him quickly. "Really?" He asked, Sang-woo nodding. "They said 'those who win'. We could win and help your grandpa." The man smiled, Dae-Hyung cringing.